Hey there Sailor, why are you dancing alone?And why’d you choose such a sad song?He said “Baby, my navy ship sails tomorrowSo tonight might be my last oneOn solid ground with that jukebox & that 80’s soundSo come wrap your arms around and say –‘I’ll be here on the other side of tonight’”

Hey there Waiter, give us two glasses ofWhatever you've got two glasses of Cause my baby, his navy ship leaves tomorrowSo that leaves us just 8 hours moreOn solid ground, with that jukebox & that 80’s soundSo just one more round and say you’ll stay -I’ll be here on the other side of tonightI’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight

He was a sailor whose name well I did not quite catchBut whose eyes well I will not forgetHe said “Maybe, baby, if the sea brings me backWell I’d sure love to see you again”I said “I’ll be here on the other side of tonightI’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight”

HOW STILL THE NIGHT

The wind was so still it was no wind at all, andThe night was so quiet I could hear your heart callThe waves touched so lightly the sand wasn't sure –

How far the stars, how high the sky And my two arms to hold you tight How full the moon, how still the night

Your shirt wore so thin it was no shirt at allAnd you said that there be no need for the coat I woreI said "If you don't hold me I fear I will fall

And how far the stars, how high the sky And my two arms to hold you tight How full the moon, how still the night"

We slow-danced in the headlights Until the battery went dead And if the fish in the sea could have seen where this scene went next They'd be jumping

CAMPING OUT

It was late, the night had playedPlayed out almost all it had to sayWe had pitched a tent, but chose insteadTo sleep beside the campfire slowly dying awayThe smoke sent up into the skyI hadn't seen stars like that since 1999Was it me that kept you warm, Or you that kept me from the frost - you, me or us?

Early morning - the last flame had goneGone to wherever all our past tenses goThe world turns, away from where we wereThe clock ticks away, away from yesterdayLike smoke sent up into the skyTurn it back and remember 1999Two boys just camping out, trying to keep each other fromThe frost - you, me or us?

The inevitability of the rising sunCome from wherever all our tomorrows comeIn one last attempt to keep that fire litYou turned the log that we both thought was deadThe smoke, the spark, the lightAnd once again we burn like 1999Two boys and their fire, trying to keep it aliveAnd it lives without us trying - us, you and I

SWAYING

You were New York, when I needed lightYou were brighter than Times SquareAnd when I needed warmth, you were JulyIn the northern hemisphereYou were New York, I was wide-eyedYou had my ear, singing –

Don't, don't let this stray Cause after all this going, nothing is gone Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way To be swaying in your song There ain't nobody sing it like you

I was far from home and I'd lost my mapYou made sense of where I'd beenAnd with your open arms around me, wrappedYou pointed me to where I was headingLost in New York, you were my manYou were everything, singing –

Don't, don't let this stray Cause after all this going, nothing is gone Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way To be swaying in your song There ain't nobody sing it like you

DEVEREAUX

When he works long hoursI watch 80's rerunsThem classic sitcomsNo they don't make 'em like that no moreStare out the window At the city belowAnd above a plane flies lowIs it leaving or coming home?Oh, you know how the song goesOh, Blanche Devereaux

When he works long hoursI hear music from the neighboursTom Waits, Bette MidlerAnd they're singing the same songOh, you know how the song goesOh, Blanche Devereaux

When he works long hoursI take long hot showersRearrange the flowersOr anything that rhymesOh, you know how the song goesOh, Blanche Devereaux

WILLIAM

William, I've been wondering if we could start againMaybe we'd work out this time, better timingLove is two people dancing, and now we know the tuneYou could keep in time with me, I'll keep in time with youOh could it be so easyLove that binds and frees me? William,I've been working on those things you said I shouldIt takes some things some time sometimes To be understoodBut I'm seeing things more clearly now I didn't see before I was staring at the ceiling, I missed the writing on the wall:Oh could it be so simpleLove that solves two riddles?

Oh could it shine so clearlyLove that's held and holds so dearlyIn one, unrelenting rhythm?Love, dance with me, William…

'TIL THE EYES ADJUST

You, you're too muchLike the brightness of the morning sunIn that moment when the curtain's drawn'Til the eyes adjustAnd you blew my mindLike seeing colour for the very first timeAfter years of merely black and whiteYou were rainbow bright And something now where nothing was Then first was darkness until you lit it up

You, you're too muchLike a rainstorm in the driest monthI was desert dear and you're the floodI'd been praying forAnd I don't often pray, not religiously anywayYou were words I could not help but sayAnd you came true And something now where nothing was Where first was silence until this song An emptiness until you filled it up First was darkness until you lit it upYou, you're too muchLike the brightness of the morning sunIn that moment when the curtain's drawn'Til the eyes adjust

DO YOU WANNA WALTZ

Say it only once, say it soft and lowI'll lean in close enough if you tell me how closeA whisper's hard to hear, but I'll happily tryHappily lean in nearer to hear your reply

Do you wanna waltz, waltz 'round this roomDo you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz with you

I'll take you by the tie, tied too tight, let it looseLet the night and the moonlight swirl around youAnd neither of us needs to lead, we'll let the sway decideLet three beats in each bar swing the spinning wide

Do you wanna waltz, waltz across this floorDo you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz some more